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Living Independently Forever
May, 2013
In This Issue
Special Congratulations
Family Weekend
Fitness News
Employment News

Save The Date
Annual Family Picnic
Saturday, August 10th


About LIFE
Living Independently Forever, Inc., is a non-profit organization that has served adults with learning disabilities within its condominium communities on Cape Cod, Massachusetts since 1993. Residents have joined the LIFE community from many areas of our country and beyond.  LIFE's professional staff is dedicated to the goal of encouraging each resident's aspirations, strengths and abilities. LIFE provides support and resources in the areas of vocation, education, social/community involvement and daily living. LIFE is a thriving community, whose residents live full and productive lives.

For more information about LIFE, please call:
Diane Enochs,
Executive Director
at 508-790-3600
or email Diane here.

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Our Board Members

William G. McKelvey, Chairperson

JoAnn Simons,
Vice Chairperson


Peter Capernaros, Secretary

Trustees:
Jody Bellows
Peter Bowman
Pamela Dempsey
Jill Edelson
Nancy Jones
David Leary
Joseph Reardon
Stephen Rothenberg
Kathy Titus
Dick Weir

 

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Dear Friends,

   What a wonderful spring we've had at LIFE! We celebrated our 20th anniversary with a successful 2013 Family Weekend, complete with a beautiful and cool day for our 4th Annual Lovin' LIFE 5K! All of our Spring Fitness Challenge participants did an amazing job and now we're on to the unofficial start of the summer season on Cape Cod. But the warmer weather doesn't mean we're lounging about at the beach... we have jobs to go to, a new Summer Sizzler Get Fit Challenge, Garden Club, and so much more to keep every day full of lively activity.  Please enjoy this glance at the past few weeks at LIFE and join us in looking forward to a sensational summer!

 

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20 years at LIFE!
Special Congratulations!
Caroline Employee of Month
Caroline Receives Employee of the Month at Walgreens in Mashpee! 

Please join us in congratulating LIFE resident Caroline McSwiggan for being awarded "Employee of the Month" at Walgreens in Mashpee!  Caroline has worked at Walgreens since last fall.  Some of her responsibilities include stocking shelves, facing shelves, and assisting with special activities in the store.  Caroline says, "I just love working there.  My favorite part about it is the respect between coworkers."  All of us at LIFE are very proud of Caroline's accomplishments there and are happy that her employers feel the same way! 

Caroline at Walgreens
Congratulations Caroline!

2013 Family Weekend Recap
Family Weekend
 
  This year LIFE celebrated its 20th year and we couldn't have done it without our amazing families.  That's what made this year's Family Weekend incredibly special, seeing so many of our families participate in our celebrations during this momentous year helped us realize how far we've come in the past two decades.  It also energized us as we think about our future together.  Thank you to everyone who came to the events and who pledged support to LIFE's endeavors!  A special thank you goes out to Peter Bowman for running our auction; we raised a lot of money for our new fitness equipment.  Here are some of the smiles that were captured throughout the weekend and you can find even more photos on our facebook page here.

SAVE THE DATE for our annual Family Picnic coming up on Saturday, August 10th.

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4th Annual Lovin' LIFE 5K
  
   The 4th Annual Lovin' LIFE 5K was a great way to start our last day of Family Weekend!  With a record turnout, the race started promptly at 9AM and everyone crossed the finish line looking happy and healthy.  See the video of the start of our race here.  All proceeds from the race went to our Special Olympics teams so we send a special THANKS! out to everyone who sweated it out for the cause. 

5K Start
awards
Family Team
Finish Line
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Finish Line

For more photos of the race, see our facebook album.

Also in Fitness News:

   With the success of our spring fitness challenge, we are keeping the momentum going by starting up our Summer Sizzler Get Fit Challenge on June 1st.  This challenge's focus is on nutrition and teams earn points for healthy habits including:
  • Keeping an accurate food log
  • Choosing to slow cook a healthy meal at home rather than choosing to order fast food
  • Drinking water rather than soda
  • Eating fruits and veggies
  • Extra points for daily exercise!
  • Extra Extra points for reaching a goal weight!
Good luck, teams!

Employment News
Truths of Service
 
  Once a year we like to take a moment to appreciate the many businesses throughout the Cape that employ our LIFE residents.  This year the event was held at Willowbend in Mashpee and the theme was "Message of the Day."  The theme was inspired by a video found on the simple truths website by Barbara Glanz, CSP
called The Simple Truths of Service. (See the touching video by clicking the photo above or clicking here.)
  The message was that small efforts can make a real difference in peoples' lives.  Our employers help our residents live more independent and fulfilling lives, and in turn, our residents are dedicated, hard-working, and dependable employees.  We collected quotes from our residents about what their employment means to them and shared them with everyone who attended the event.  It was a truly heartening evening and would not have been possible without the hard work of our employment services team lead by Josie L'Etoile: Jan Viall, Cameo Hill, Sandra Waite, Corinne Wickel and Jacqueline Lee.







LIFE Spring Sign